Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-05

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HezoEuzu, Rsb. 3. 1881.
Aashs next mail steamer bstwsan San
Francisco and to EnRiish eoIoniss IN
Australia 10 not d8s hers until ths 1lth
Of this m0nfh. take chances Of trip
BIZ saii for this leftsr, hoping IL viii
reach yoa before Il eo1ld do % b. ths
steamer.
We have lately been treated - fev
light shocks Of earthquake. hardly
noticeable, and have had several hszy
and smoky days In consequences Of an
0usbReak Of the r0icans kSEaneA, IN the
peiahbeEina isiasd Of Hawaii The
centers4ock Of that island - Volcano
named Mauna L,oa. or large mountain
about sesenty miles through - the
base and ever two eRd one bali miles
high (neariy 1900 fest, with . top
crater sbous ZOO fees deep. which 10 90
easionally aetive at the bottom OF the
pit, has never, In recent tines emits
/ lava at the top.
On the side Of this mountain 10 the
ever active crater Of Kilaueas about 1000
| fest below the large crater. This latter
| II also Of considerable depth snd ever
eight miles in eireumfeTense. The Gu
| rius thing about these two orateFs H.
/ that they seem to be and work indie
pendent Of each other, slthough stu
| ated on the same mountain. Neither
one Of them has emitted lava above IL
rim for many years, bat the lava nnds an
outlet somewhere below, where Il can
End . weak place In the mass Of the
mountain.
Tbs lava Of the latest outbreak came
from she magazine in Maana Loa in
IS6O-6l. Il was a basic lava and flowed
very slowly towards the sea, making
about ferry miles in a. many week
The Gresent oatbreak comes probably
from Kilauea, as the lava 10 very much
like the lava beiliBg IN that eauldron,
more acid and more liquid, and as Kill
aaea 10 q little more quiet since the out.
break. One branch Of the lava hov
has already reached the sea, eighteen
miles distant, inside Of couple Of week.
after the Outbreak. Il comes from near
the locality Of the dow Of 1858, which
also reached the sea
The present flow was preceded by I
number Of shocks and fearful rains
which caused considerable loss in prop
erty, but no loss Of life. In 1868 land
slide and q tidal wave caused the deatl
Of quite q number Of people, though
the lava seldom evertakss anybody.
The stream Of the lava OF she presen
: how is 10 some places nearly three mile
vide by about eighteen miles long. i
looks black and smoky In the day time
bat IN the night IL is Q gigantic stFeau
of liquid Gre, and where IL falls boil
J ing hot over precipioe into the sea,
makes terrific noise and raises an i'm
mense amount of steam, like thousan
cannons accompanied by q thousan
, engines letting Of steam.
From Honolulu several steamb oat e.
. cuEsiOHs have already been made q
half price 1925 for she round tEip)
: the scene of action, and hundreds o
{ people avail themselves Of their chanc
to witness this great pyrotechnic dis
play, which it may never again be pes
sible to see In q life time. The steam
eFs 90 round the island Of Hawaii, Wit
a stsppages long enough for the passer
gers to land and see the sights. Th
round trip takes about week.
Oar formidable feet, consisting. Z
far Of two small t0wboals and dredRe
has been increased by steamer, 20 B
armed With six cannon, and TO be uss
Q as a training ship. So you bad bettt
a lock out for Puget sound! Your forw'
toWnsman, Myron, has been appoints
% chief engineer Of this man Of war
o Hawaii. SUMMERLAND.